The amazing adventures of Doug Hughes

Posts tagged ‘health shakes’

So, my lovely wife Liz Hughes has started selling these health shake drinks by a company called Visalus. She would like me to say that she also sell vitamins and supplements, etc. Visalus an MLM gig like Pampered Chef (love it) or Tupperware (I’m ambivalent).

She’s actually gotten me drinking the shakes and, against all odds, I like them. I make them with two scoops of the shake mix, some unsweetened almond milk and Starbucks Via coffee. Blamo, instant treat. I am not exaggerating when I say I crave them throughout the day. Trust me, this is a small miracle since I view most weight loss and health gimmicks as snake oil. And, to my chagrin, I’ve been loosing weight again since I started drinking them. I hit a new low today: 204.4, down from 232, though I’ve been exercising daily on the treadmill as well.

However, she has had some challenges getting started. Her friends have not really stepped up to the plate to offer to have parties and support her. So, I am here now to ask from my pool of friends and followers – especially those in the RTP area in North Carolina, even those we don’t actually know – would you please go to her website and read a little about this stuff? If you are even marginally interested, please reach out to her. Maybe you could have a party and invite some of your friends (or people you don’t like!) Failing that, come to our place. She’ll give you some of the shakes and talk about it with you. Our kids will hang out with your kids and play with our chickens. Who cares if anyone actually buys anything at this point? Just a little interaction can go a long way towards giving her some momentum.

The thing is, she’s really into this. For the last several years (4+) she’s had terrible pain in her legs and feet. She’s gone to countless doctors, specialists, chiropractors, and perhaps some kooks too. She’s cut out gluton, dairy, and other things from her diet in an attempt to resolve this. We thought maybe it was Fibromyalgia or, I don’t know, something worse. Nothing she tried actually seemed to help. Until she tried this stuff.

To be clear, she didn’t try the Visalus shakes to cure the pain, she tried them to help her loose weight. But they also seemed to help with the pain. The weight loss thing is slow going, but it does for everyone. And furthermore, it really should be slow for health reasons.

Anyhow, she’s been really fretting over ways to get this gig going. It’s something that is very important to her. She has her own business cards now. She’s going to a conference for Visalus representatives next week. And she’s doing things way outside her comfort zones. Things like posting flyers in the local YMCA and standing up to talk to rooms full of strangers.

And since it’s important to her, it’s important to me. Hence my plea to you: Please, give her a chance! What do you have to loose? A half hour watching some rather over the top videos? A semi-cynical conversation about product health claims? Perhaps. But maybe, just maybe you’ll actually be interested. If not, then you’ve still done a good deed by helping my wonderful wife get her start doing this and we will be greatly indebted to you.